OBJECTIVES: Data from the Western Collaborative Group Study were used to determine the
extent to which the inverse association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality …

Objectives. We examined trends in the relation between educational level and adult
mortality in the Russian Federation in the period 1989 through 2001. Methods. We used a …

The association between socioeconomic position and health is generally believed to be
weaker among women than men. However, gender differences in the relation between …

BACKGROUND: In western countries, prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and most risk
factors is higher in lower socioeconomic groups. The social gradients in the former …

STUDY OBJECTIVE To quantify the contribution of different causes of death and age groups
for trends in life expectancy for two major social classes. DESIGN AND SETTING …

BACKGROUND: In Spain, studies on social inequalities in mortality based on individuals are
few due to the poor quality of information on occupation in death certificates. This study …

The social environment affects health and disease in so many ways that it is impossible to
deal with the subject in its entirety. The differences in the civil servants reflect national …

The opportunities for research of socio-economic differences in mortality are best in
countries where a sytem of personal identification numbers makes the computerised linkage …

Background During the 1970s in Australia, mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) and
stroke was higher among lower socioeconomic groups and inequalities were widening. This …

The authors examined the independent associations of educational attainment and ethnicity
with behavioral risk factors for cardiovascular disease using data from the 1989 baseline …